The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-08-11
rtaen Notar.

is to man.
Repeated hoeinlg hastens the growth
of sweet corn, ca sbage and cauiihower.
Bees give valha BILE product and cost
little for, keeping beyond providing
shelter.
Inconvenience is oft en- caused by losing
the NAMES Of fruit trees in young
orchards. A good zinc label is desirable.
An advocate of free access to salt for
sheep says they Will not overeat. as
when salted only occasionally but
freely. :.
Mr.. 1. D. Remington claims-there is
no animal kept 0, the farm that will
begin to pay as mph money as breeze
ing mare.
A woman. who hs had success ii rais-
ing turkeys says itsalwsys bet to keep
Young turkeys off the grass when the
dew is on it.
Allowing fruit tres to overbear per-
manentry Injuries thm by the load, af-
fects the quality ofhe' fruit and lessons
the fruit pnoduct.
Gardeners say tn, in the larger vines
Of peas there is better succession of
bloom, giving loyer picking from the
same seeding thu the dwarf peas
afford, -, p .g..,s :
The best ws lot d hen : to do
it at night. If Sd is to be moved to
some other locatitS carry her on the
nest, as she will blbetter reconciled to
the change.
1t is claimed thaaore damage is done
by the gentle bullahan by, those that
ore vicious, and thiadvice is to watch
, them, as the gentle OF bulls is IA treach'
o erous animal.
Western farmersay that if they ap-
1 ply petroleum t2 heir seed corn it pre-
i vents its disturbs4 4by birds and squir-,
b rels and does not tJure the corn or re-
tard its germinatio
b When contagis disease breaks out
a in flock of fowlss is better to destroy
q them all rather th have the disease
g oet arootedn on tifarm, as the germs
/ - 4.
is may remain fG
. cass Own for Sep. sssn ,5y are Ss ct
~ partial to tall grasand the whs> .,over
will always be scted by them in
preference to othe!inds. -.
Is Potatoes with ep eyes are objec-
!. tionable. A smooi even surface ena-
: bles the housewife pare the potatoes
N with little waste, d if combined with
" elongated shape tolke them unpeeled.
!. Teach young i to be led by
t rope, and ifitis toy bred 3or cow the
i accomplishment sssatly increase its
n value. The SOD this docility is
Ie ' learned the bestet the animal aud its
: + 9fafn reu 70 cs -ssIy
- :. mingled with cusa @oistened fodder.
= = so that it may be asted with as little
= strain to the systeSof the animal a,
= pasture grass, andHcsr her out no
faster.
IS A correspondent ofe Country Gentle.
% man says: ''corn i endure, when
: young, pretty hardrost without in.
!. jury-a harder frost an many farmer.
"a imagine" For thatason he advocates
ia early planting.
u It has been ascerted that the we'll
r known 'qady-bug" tth red spot on
. each wing cover) pr upon rose lie
g and chinch-bugs. ] Hatch Of suisun,
5 CAL, offered an Dee of gold for IN
i ounce of lady-bugs, nd obtained them.
There are few ms in the United
8 States which wou not be better for
e having some safeguarding on them.
They cot the refuse ed and they ma.
nure the ground. Sep manure is fav-
orable to the grth of heavy wheat
{ and corn. /
1t is suggested thahe first litter of a
young SOW will :ner be large one.
They should be ken off when six
weeks old and fed ] themselves, though
one or two of tho Iaklings may be left
two weeks longer. With this help the
litter will make anore even lot Of
shoats. -
Geese do not nee great deal of
water, and often dowell with only a
trough to bathe in, lttho water should
be pure ind cleagaIsAe time, and they
need good pasturat. A shady lane or
an orchard is excelht for them. Dis
eases are few amng' geese and they
sometimes live onclundred years.
The largest year. record for: any Jer-
sey cow for one var is recorded to the
credit of Landsees Fancy, 9s6 pounds
IA 3d. ounces. Th second largest yearly
record is that ofCanada's great cow,
Mary Anne, of St,Lambert s67 pounds
ID 3-4 ouncea in leyen monthu md fuo |